Deploy a Solana Trading Bot 24/7 for Free on Oracle Cloud

Running a trading bot 24/7 costs $0 on Oracle Cloud's Always Free tier. Why Oracle Cloud? The Always Free ARM instance gives you 1 OCPU + 6 GB RAM — forever, no charges. Perfect for a Node.js bot. Quick Setup Create VM.Standard.A1.Flex instance with Ubuntu 22.04 SSH in, install Node.js 20 Upload bot files: scp bot.js package.json .token ubuntu@IP:~/solbot/ npm install Run as systemd Service [Service] Type = simple ExecStart = /usr/bin/node bot.js Restart = always RestartSec = 5 Enable + start: sudo systemctl enable solbot && sudo systemctl start solbot Bot runs 24/7, auto-restarts on crash, survives reboots. Zero cost. Monitoring Add a health endpoint + UptimeRobot (free tier). Get Telegram alerts when bot goes down. My Setup @solscanitbot runs exactly this way — 4,500 lines of Node.js, 44+ commands, $0/month. Want to deploy your own? Source code — 2 SOL Also: Free dev tools | Grid bot | DeFi toolkit